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November 4, 2026 / 1:38 PM EST / CBS News

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Americans elected their first Black woman into a gubernatorial role during the 2026 midterms , alongside three other Black candidates who won races for governor around the United States on Tuesday. And in Nevada, Democrat Aaron Ford, who is also Black, is leading in the governor's race by more than 70,000 votes.

The races culminated, respectively, in victories for Keisha Lance Bottoms , a Democrat, in Georgia; Byron Donalds, a Republican, in Florida; David Crowley , a Democrat, in Wisconsin; and Wes Moore , a Democrat, who was reelected to serve a second term as governor of Maryland.…